you've got to watch out for the fog. that day planner, we'll be stuck with the low clouds and fog much of the morning. it's on the cool side but not terrible. 60 in town. some areas low to mid-50s in the suburbs with highs later 70 to 75 and i expect the sunshine to be returning for the afternoon. sunrise 7:09. there are the showers over the last couple of showers slowly drifting from around colonial beach across the river toward swan point and southern st. mary's county. this has drifted into the bay. here it is around swan point back toward colonial beach slowly drifting east. not much to this and very, very isolated. fog a little more widespread. we have quarter mile visibility frederick, gaithersburg, over toward dulles. so it's into loudoun county. much of fairfax with quarter after mile. south and west of town the fog is not nearly as bad till you head southeast where many areas in southern maryland still have advice i can'ts half-mile to quarter mile. a quick look at temps, in the mid-50s to about 60 here in washington.

it's now 5:00 a.m. monika santami, fog is going to be a major factor for a lot of drivers this morning. it s. you might want to give yourself a little extra time to deal with it. otherwise the lanes are open around town. no major factors other than the fog this morning. that includes the beltway on the north side of town, all these northern corridors heading southbound and 270 as well. let's take a look live outside. here's what it looks like over in damascus on ridge road. it is a bit foggy as you head for 270 and then down toward rockville it's going to affect you as well. we go back over to the maps this time i-95 over baltimore. all of these corridors are incident free into college park which is where we'll look live. leaving the 895 interchange -- the 95 interchange into silver spring, things are looking fine. in my next report we'll go into virginia at 5:10. decisive victory have some analysts calling last night a turning point in campaign

2012. >> ron paul and newt gingrich were both in single digits. mitt romney won with 47% of the vote. delia goncalves is live with more. >> reporter: good morning. it seems that romney spent some big money for that big win in illinois last night. $3 million in fact for a series of tv campaign ads in that state. romney won amongest voters there who said their primary concerns were the economy and beating local son barack obama. rick santorum won major victories last week in mississippi and alabama but romney came back strong sunday with a big win when he took puerto rico. >> we know our future's brighter than these troubled times. we still believe in america. and we deserve a president who believes in us. and i believe in the american people. >> we're heading to louisiana for the rest of the week. then we're going to be back

here in pennsylvania and we're going to pick up a whole boat load of delegates and close this gap and on to victory. >> reporter: santorum rally add group of supporters in his home state of pennsylvania where he vowed to continue on but does the campaign include a stop local to our area? hear what he had to say coming up when our gary nurenberg asked him that question last night. also in my next report, mitt romney is heading to maryland. i'll have his schedule coming up in a half-hour. we'll see you then. back to you. >> all right, delia. thank you. voters in maryland don't have to wait two weeks to make their choice for a republican presidential nominee. early voting starts this saturday and lasts through next thursday. any registered voter can take part. each county will have at least one early voting center. they'll be open from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. every day except sunday. on sunday voters can cast ballots from noon to 6:00 p.m. a terrible crime that happened two years ago this month may lead to better mental

health services for young people in the district. the d.c. city council passed south capitol street memorial act yesterday. it is named for a march 2010 shooting which killed four young people. they were gunned down while they were at a funeral for another victim of violence. council members are hoping these reforms they've enacted will better identify and treat young people before they resort to violence. arlington county's police chief has rescind add memo that appeared to set ticket quotas for officers. chief douglas scott called the memo pro activity expectations 2012 a mistake. the memo listed numbers of tickets and further stated that officers could be disciplined for failing to reach those goals. six teachers have filed a lawsuit against montgomery county principal and the board of education. the plaintiffs are current or former teachers at kent mill elementary school in silver spring. they accuse the principal of bullying staff members for

years. the allegations include inappropriate touching, being told not to report suspected child abuse, possible falsification of personnel files, even threats of retaliation. the board is accused of knowing about the problems and not taking action. the school system spokesperson says the previous investigation found that these allegations have little or no merit. 5:05. time for the latest your money report of the morning. ned line time. jessica doyle has it. good morning. >> good morning. we'll have to see you in economic data is enough to fire up investors today, get them back in rally mode. wall street suffered only the second decline in two weeks yesterday. stocks down after data from china pointed to a slowdown there. checking the numbers the dow stands this morning at 13,170. dropped about 69 points in trading yesterday. nasdaq and s&p both lost about four points. don't expect to use your phone while in flight any time soon, but you may be able to keep the e-reader on during takeoff of. the federal aviation

administration is reviewing the ban on some electronics while in flight. e-readers, tablets and some other tech gadgets may soon be allowed to stay on during takeoff and landing. we know they're hot sellers but the new ipad may be hot in a different way as well. apple comment boards are being flooded by people saying the tablets are getting too hot to hold. consumer reports investigated and they found that the new ipads do run hotter than their predecessors but they're not especially uncomfortable. they can get as hot as 116 degrees, an increase of 12 degrees. the company says the devies are performing within -- devices are performing within their specks. >> i just love this thing. >> what two you have -- what do you have us for when we come back? >> we hate spam. we hate it on our phones. we may have a way to get rid of

it potentially. authorities are inspecting the damage after a powerful ergtd quake rattles the -- earthquake rattles the area. the white house celebrates st. patrick's day with a special guest. the redskins will get a closer look at the heisman trophy win they plan to draft with the second overall pick. we'll be right back.

good wednesday morning. coming up on 5:09. we have fog and low clouds most areas. just an isolated shower toward colonial beach and the tip of st. mary's county. the low clouds and fog with us for the morning. it will slowly burn up. this afternoon the sun returns with highs today between 7 on and 75. just an outside chance for an isolated shower. let's go to monika santami. she's tracking your time saver commute. i am. if you're planning to head northbound on 395, here's what it looks like at duke street. traffic volumes are picking up heading for the 14th street bridge. but all of the lanes are open along 95 and 395 this morning. coming up in my next report, a closer look at virginia roads at 5:17. back to you guys. >> thanks, monika. here's what's making news now at 5:09. damage reports are coming in from southwestern mexico. that is where a 7.4 magnitude earthquake hit yesterday.

hundreds of homes are damaged but only about a dozen people were injured. first daughter malia obama is in mexico with some classmates. none were injured. two police officers were injured in a shootout with a man suspected of opening fire on a jewish school on monday killing three students and a rabbi. the suspect claims to be a member of al qaeda and is also believed to have killed three paratroopers in an earlier shooting. it may have been a little late but president obama celebrated st. patrick's day yesterday at the white house along with the irish prime minister. president obama presented him with a certificate of his irish heritage which he joagingly said he'll display right alongside his birth certificate. many parents worry about their kids' activity on-line. now maryland's top law enforcement official is giving a crash course on cybersafety. that's coming up at 5:32. at 5:22, peyton panning talks about his decision to pick the denver broncos.

next at 5:15, howard has a cooldown in the seven-day forecast. we'll be right back.

welcome back to 9 news now. fog is a problem this morning. >> sure is. some areas have fog visibility a quarter mile or less. may drop a few miles -- may drive a few miles and it's okay and then more fog.

the fog could get thicker before the sun starts to work its magic and burn it off. the low clouds and fog around. thankfully we don't have much in the way of rain to talk about here. we'll show you doppler in just a moment. temperatures running from the low 50s in the cool spots to the lower 60s in town. we're up to 61 at reagan national last check. that sunrise at 7:09. we'll see the sun this afternoon being stuck with the clouds most of the morning. by afternoon we'll start to break it up midday. upper 60s to near 70 by 1:00. highs today between 70 and 75 with 72-degree reading at 3:00 p.m. slightly warmer as you go west, maybe culpeper and fredricksburg you may be mid up forker 70s. we could -- mid- to upper 70s. we could have 70s, even 80s by the time we get to friday. we're looking at showers and storms from yesterday evening well out to our west and southwest. this morning just a couple of things there over toward

colonial beach and dahlgren and out toward swan point and even the tip of st. mary's county. isolated showers. those two basically. your advice ils are down a quarter mile -- visibilities are down a quarter mile gaithersburg, westminster. they're reporting half. there are going to be pockets of visibilities, even a quarter mile or less. it goes toward calvert county, st. mary's county. andrews air force base a half mile. fog a much bigger issue i think than anything else this morning. temperatures ranging from 57 in gaithersburg. columbia and crofton are at 58. very uniform this morning with fairfax and reston at 58. cool spots manassas, leesburg, they're running at 55. as we look outside on our michael & son weather camera, some fog. visibility slightly better than the last time we checked on our weather camera with 61 degrees. cloudy skies being reported at reagan national. visibility at last check was anywhere from a half mile to mile quarter. the dew points in the upper

50s. big storm system in the middle of the country bringing the cold air into the rockies. still snowing in the ski areas here but 60s, even 70s now coming up the mississippi valley with all of this moisture being cranked up. this is like a pump. you can see the upper level low spinning in west texas. it just continues to suck moisture right off the gulf of mexico and dump on louisiana, dump on arkansas. some of these rains getting into south central missouri. that storm system heads our way for the weekend. so that saturday and sunday it's not going to be a deluge of what we're looking at out there but certainly it's going to turn more settled. more clouds, showers, storms. temperatures will be down in the 60s instead of 70s and 80s. as we look at the forecast, today about 73. some areas may make 75 south and west with more sun this afternoon. once we get rid of the low clouds and fog, slight chance of a shower. 10%, 20%. tonight back in the 50s to near 60. tomorrow afternoon sunshine after the morning low clouds and fog, 77. friday low 80s with more

sunshine. slight chance of an afternoon storm. storm chances pick up for the weekend as temperatures cool off. monday might have a lingering shower 68. tuesday sunny and seasonably cool, 65. average high now 58 degrees. what a winter spring now we've been having. >> i'm happy to say that besides the fog, things aren't looking too bad outside. good morning. the beltway is fine. it's incident free all around town. we'll head west this time. no problems on the dulles toll road out of leesburg, 66 out of centreville. let's take a live look there live right now in centreville. the lanes are open as you head inbound on 66 toward fairfax and the beltway and even to the roosevelt bridge. back over to the maps. this time let's head south on 95 northbound where you're going to see some volumes picking up if dale city up into woodbridge across the occoquan river. it's off and on right now. then it breaks free into newington. i'm going to show you what it looks like in newington. a big foggy. lanes are open in the main and hov lanes heading to 395 and

the 14th street bridge. at least you don't have any delays. coming up in my next report at 5:23, we'll go into maryland. the georgetown women try to survive another round of march madness. >> today the redskins will get a closer look at their future quarterback, robert griffin iii coming up in sports. we want to take another look at our question of the morning. at least 15% of men in america are suffering from this. is it a, insomnia, b, mismatched socks, or c, their zipper down? >> our regular facebook friend eric johnson says given the hour and all the responses, i would say a, insomnia. this question gets mailed out very early in the morning so it's a good choice. >> good thinking process. log on to the wusa9 facebook fan page. leave your response. we'll reveal the answer during the 6:00 hour.

5:2 on this wednesday morning. the only --5:ten on this wednesday morning, the only shower is drifting toward st. mary's county. this shower in the bay has left st. mary's city, point lookout. so that's it. the fog a bigger deal. that's going to be with us. the showers off to our south and west not really a problem but through 9:00 this light green, it's really fog. there may be spotty drizzle here and there. temperatures slow to warm up. in the mid- to upper 60s by

noon. the afternoon more sunny breaks. any showers chances should be well west of town fredricksburg, maybe toward the shenandoah valley. for the rest of us we're looking at 70 to 75. >> thank you, howard. the lady terps are now the only area team left in the big dance. >> but peyton manning -- plus, peyton manning talked about his big decision. kristen berset has the details. >> reporter: good morning, everybody. after 12 days of crisscrossing the country, cameras following his every move, peyton manning finally put an end to the speculation placing a call to the denver broncos monday telling them he wanted to come to denver. the team formally announced the signing at a press conference yesterday presenting him with his orange number 18 jersey, something we'll have to get used to seeing. both sides worked late into the night finally agreeing on a five-year $96 million contract. manning says it was a tough decision but one that feels right. >> i really appreciate and am grateful for the time that was given to me by several very

impressive organizations and individuals during this process. but in the end i felt the broncos were just a great fit. >> speaking of quarterbacks, we'll be getting a sneak peek today of what the next redskins quarterback will look like. robert griffin iii will participate in baylor's pro day. he knows the skins will pick him at number two so today is more about seeing how ready he is to lead a major market team. we'll have full breakdown for you coming up tonight. second round of the women's ncaa tournament. hoyas down one. our sports intern, amanda reece gives the hoyas the lead but georgia tech pulls away in the second as the hoyas can't get any closer than ten points. the yellow jackets are headed to their first ever sweet 16. that's a quick look at sports this morning. have a great wednesday. the trees aren't the only things going on at the cherry blossom festival. coming up, we'll see some of the festival's food. plus, the republican front- runner is making a couple of

stops in maryland. 5:23. now 5:24. here's monika. here's the beltway in college park. fog is going to be an issue this morning as you travel on the north side of town over into silver spring, but at least the lanes are open. coming up in my next report, an accident in bethesda at 5:28. you're watching 9news now. stay with us.

good morning. welcome back to 9news now on this wednesday morning. i'm andrea roane. i'm mike hydeck. spring is here. looks like it will be around for a bit. yeah, that's what i hear. monika santami is here with traffic. >> we get the definite confirmation from howard bernstein. a great source. >> thankfully my source is right there. >> 70s, even #s on before the -- even 80s before the week is out. the weekend is when i think we may see the worst weather of the week. that means showers and storms

and temperatures in the 60s which is still above average. here's the day planner for you on this wednesday morning. we have low clouds and fog in many areas. that fog is rather dense in many areas. by noon still generally cloudy. some sunny breaks here and there. this afternoon a stray shower or thundershower. i'm keeping it off the board with a 72 by 5:00. highs 70 to 75 degrees. coolest will be right by the bay. had a couple of showers toward dahlgren and colonial beach. you see it weakening as it drifts towards charles and st. mary's county. the shower in southern st. mary's is now on the bay. the visibilities are going to be around for a few more hours, the low ones with quarter mile visibility. dulles to leesburg to gaithersburg. half mile in frederick. north of town and southeast of town seems to be the worst. clearly give yourself extra time. use the low beams with the visibilities in many areas a quarter mile and even less. maybe a light jacket, mid-50s places like manassas and the

shenandoah valley to 61 with the fog at reagan national. it's now 5:28 monika santami is coming over to give you time saver traffic. i'm happy to say other than the fog which definitely is an issue this morning, we don't have any big problems to report. that's a good thing. if you're planning to head south on 270 out of frederick, damascus, clarksburg, you're going to be okay down to the point where the lanes divide. there is one accident reported on old georgetown road at route 355 in bethesda. a little further south on 270 at falls road, as you can see volumes are picking up down to the point where the lanes divide but all the lanes are open. back over to the map and this time we'll head to the south side of town. southern maryland, all the corridors are incident free. brandy wien, okay creek -- brandywine, okay creek. in new cacheton, this is a good -- new carrollton, this is a good indication of what it looks like the entire stretch of prince george's county on the east side of town of the beltway. next report we'll go into

virginia the 5:38. today a former mountain rainier police officer will be sentenced in a bizarre attack. >> gene gillette was off duty at the time of a shooting inside his home last july. prosecutors say gillette lured a home into capitol heights by offering him a role in a pornographic movie. but when no women showed up, police say the victim was shot when he rebuffed gillette's advances. gillette pleaded guilty to attempted murder charges last november. dozens of people marched in northwest washington last night in honor of three recent victims of possible hate crimes. the march began at the ihop at 14th and irving where police say a gay man was shot last weekend after being taunted by another restaurant customer. just a few days earlier, a gay man was beaten and robbed at georgia avenue and irvin street and a transgender woman was assaulted in northeast washington. mitt romney wins the first presidential contest of the week in illinois. deit by double digits. rick santorum could continue a

strong southern showing in saturday's primary in louisiana. both top republican contenders are making stops close to d.c. 9news now reporter delia goncalves is in our satellite center with the rundown of the events. good morning, delia. >> reporter: good morning, mike. the candidates are taking obtain win -- are taking their wins and delegates straight to the next primary. that means a stop later today in maryland. after last night's win romney is leading the pack with 534 delegates to santorum's 218. gingrich and paul are vowing to still stay in the race, though they are trailing with 120. and 42 delegates respectively. again 11 44 delegates are needed to clinch the nomination. >> historic highs in gas prices? a president who doesn't

hesitate all the means -- [indiscernible] it's time to say these words. this word. enough. >> how about a word for your neighbors in maryland? >> we'll be in maryland. we'll be hustling. i think we're going to be there next week. >> reporter: that was our gary nurenberg speaking to rick santorum last night in gettysburg, pennsylvania where he's rallying his troops there promising to visit maryland very soon. as for mitt romney, he will be in maryland today having two public events and republican strongholds, former governor bob rlic's hometown and the other in frederick, maryland. he's also stop in annapolis and have a private lunch with the midshipmen and the naval academy there in annapolis. we'll have much more on this story and the breakdown of the candidates coming up in my next live report. >> we'll see you in a little bit. parents who feel sort of

lost about their children's online activity got some expert advice from maryland's top law enforcement officer. the attorney general doug ganzler hosted a cybersafety crash course last night at churchill high school in potomac. the materials for parents included guides to internet slang, abbreviations and phrases that are meant to be a sexual or bullying manner as well. >> i want to share this with my friend or do i want to create a smaller custom group of people that i'm comfortable sharing with. >> cyberexperts also counseled parents and students on how to use privacy settings on the social networking sites so you can limit access to sensitive information. over in virginia state lawmakers will reconvene today to restart talks on the state budget. the special session is necessary because the general assembly failed to agree on a spending plan before it adjourned march 10. talks between senior democratic and republican budget writers have been conjeanual so far.

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5:37. very comfortable although on the humid side. we have fog around. lots of area visibilities half mile or less. no dense fog advisory but it may change the next hour. here's a look at our day planner. low clouds and fog around for the next few hours. in fact, through much of the morning until this afternoon when we get into some sunshine. temperatures by 3:00 72 with highs maybe as warm as 75 in a few spots. we finish with sunshine and just a slim, slim chance of a shower or storm. your full seven-day forecast looking ahead toward an unsettled weekend coming up in about six minutes. an accident in bethesda on old georgetown road at route 355. here's a look at 270 southbound at falls road. you've got the fog to deal with this morning coming down from frederick to the point where

the lanes divide. the d.c. city council has voted to suspend enforcement of the new red top parking meters for 90 days. the red top meters require disabled drivers to pay for a parking space but they are allowed to stay twice as long. the previous free system led to people fraudulently using disabled placards but some council members say disabled drivers weren't consulted enough about the changes. and metro's subway maps are getting a makeover. the transit agency is showing off the new maps featuring updated station names, like gallaudet university instead of the new york avenue station. other new names include king street old town and navy yard ballpark. all the new names will be rolled out in the coming months. coming up in my next report, we'll take a look at virginia roads at 5:47. we've been combing through the day's daily deals, e-mails and retailer websites to find you deep discounts and two ice cream deals are among my favorites today. maybe you loved fuji the whale

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very quiet on the radar this morning and our sunrise 7:09. the day planner clouds and fog 8:00. 60 degrees. as we head toward lunch time, though, upper 60s. still dealing with mostly cloudy skies. we may see a couple of breaks by then west of washington. we're looking at 62 with the sunshine at 4:00 p.m. slim chance one or two you may see a shower this afternoon. highs in the low to mid-70s. still in the upper 60s at 8:00 p.m. south winds at 5:00. looks like again the low clouds and fog will return late and toward tomorrow morning. showers and storms yesterday. a boundary helped trigger a few showers to the south overnight and this morning. what's left of them is falling apart in st. mary's county. visibilities will be a problem for the next few hours. quarter mile from leesburg to dulles to warrenton. manassas checking in with ten- mile visibility. half-mile stafford, quantico. lots of areas, even from reedville right on the bay there talking about the dense

fog. temperatures this morning they are in the 50s. mid- to upper 50s in most spots like gaithersburg 57 along with leesburg at 55. warmer as you approach town with 59 college park and toward alexandria. it's 58 in upper marlboro and looking outside on our michael & son weather camera, we still have the low clouds, a little fog toward the capitol this morning. kind after neat picture, don't you think? with temperature at reagan national 61 degrees. tiew points in the -- dew points in the upper 50s so we have high humidity. many areas 95 to a 100%. look at all the warmth coming from the mississippi valley. chicago this hour 63 degrees. they've been -- i think they have seven records this month alone. it'sen incredible there the last week and a half. all the moisture coming in off the guk. big storm. -- the gulf of mexico. a big storm. it's working like a vacuum cleaner taking all the moisture from the gulf of mexico and throwing it up in louisiana and arkansas where they have

flooding going on right now. for us we're on the warm side of the ead situation. -- the equation. temperatures go up through friday before the texas storm bothers us for the weekend. today 73. a nice afternoon. slight chance of an afternoon shower today, tomorrow, friday, but i'm talking 10%, 20%. tonight 50s to near 60 with low clouds and fog returning late. sunny afternoon, thursday 77. friday into the lower 80s. then by saturday and sunday unsettled, showers and storms. temperatures get knocked down in the 60s. i think we're going to stay in the 60s after friday as we get closer to normal. normal is 58 so keep that in mind. 5:48. monika is in with time saver traffic. besides the fog it hasn't been too bad after commute. here is what it looks like from 95 coming from dale city to woodbridge where you'll see the slowest stretch on 95. once you're beyond the occoquan river it looks pretty good leaving newington into

springfield. just a bit foggy in that stretch as well. 395, here's what it looks like in shirlington. traffic moving well to the 14th street bridge and across the potomac river there. we'll go back over to the maps this time into the downtown area. no problems to report again as i said across the 14th street bridge all of your major corridors downtown are looking fine including the sues is a bridge coming -- sues is a bridge come in -- so sousa bridge coming in. we'll go to the north so side of town in a few minutes. today president obama kicks off a four-state tour to talk about american energy policy. the first stop on the president's two-day trip will be at a solar facility in nevada this afternoon. the state has tried to use green energy jobs to spur growth during the economic downturn. the outgoing head of the baltimore archdiocese cardinal ed win o'brien has produced his successor, 62-year-old bishop william laurie comes from a

post in connecticut. he will pick up the church's opposition to maryland's new same-sex marriage law which is scheduled to take effect january 1. lawmakers in britain are honoring queen elizabeth ii 60 years after she became their monarch. both houses of parliament presented the queen with the diamond jubilee window which will be installed at westminster hall. queen elizabeth turns 86 next month. when you think about the cherry blossom festival, you think about just how gorgeous it is by the tidal basin and jefferson memorial. but when you go down there, there's a lot more to the festival and it started yesterday. this saturday the blue duck tavern chefs are offering special classes and meals in conjunction with the festival. here with us, the chef will tell us about his spring dinner and it smells absolutely amazing. good morning. >> good morning. >> here are some of the

ingredients. >> we'll do a spring lamb dinner composed with -- [indiscernible] a consomme. this is a leg of lamb. this will be itself entree. the second course would be zucchini. the third course will be a piece of leg of lamb roasted with potatoes, green onions, some spring garlic, very small and some herbs, rosemary and thyme. >> how do you prepare it? >> i start searing the lamb in olive oil. i season it first with salt and we're going to give it a nice color. >> what's in the pan? olive oil? >> olive oil, yes.

some garlic. >> you have several events surrounding this weekend. you had a tea tasting as one of the things you mentioned. that sold out pretty quickly. >> of course. you will learn how to taste it. >> i didn't know there was a way to taste tea. is it tim regard to -- is it similar to wine taste something. >> no. it's more noisy. >> oh, you have to slurp. >> we teach them how to do it. >> there's something else. what else is going on? >> the cooking class. we're doing the cherry blossom- - >> [indiscernible] >> both of those are sold out but there's still seats left for the dinner so next year make sure you book early. what are you adding in now? >> the rosemary, some thyme,

the spring garlic, the green onions. >> is this technically sauteeing it? >> it will be roasted so we give some color to the lamb. just to give a nice taste of the meat after we cook it thoroughly. >> let's take a look at the finished product. >> of course. after 20 minutes of roasting-- >> oh, my. thank so you much for talking about your spring lamb dinner. we'll have his website connected to wusa9.com if you'd like more information. go down and enjoy the cherry blossoms. >> that looks so delicious. thank you. the top presidential candidates head into our area after last night's primary in illinois. that story is coming up. plus, dozens of dogs seized from a puppy mill are now recovering at a local rescue shelter. we'll be back.

radar is much quieter this morning. good wednesday, everybody. just a lone shower or to down in the northern neck and also in the bay. the bigger problem is the fog. many areas sees visibilities half, quarter mile or less. this just came across on the national weather service. dense fog advisory till 10:00 a.m. east of the blue ridge which does not include howard and anne arundel county but everybody else in the metro area, dense fog advisory till 10:00 a.m. >> thank you, howard. this morning we have

something unprecedented to share. videotape shot from inside a car moments before a deadly crash. like so many fatal crashes, this one involved young people, alcohol, and speed. andrea mccarren got this dramatic video and she brings us this expert. >> reporter: she was buck himmed into the front passenger seat videotaping her night out with friends. the police investigation indicates the car was traveling at 94 miles an hour in a 40 mile an hour zone. >> i wouldn't want anyone else, not even my worst enemy to walk in my shoes right now. >> reporter: the car barreled over a chain link fence and plowed into a brick embankment. the impact so violent action it flung parts of the car into tree branches and utility wires. >> you can see her report six deadly seconds in its entirety tonight on 9news now at 5:00 p.m. plus, the young woman behind

the camera will be live in our studio and doing a web chat. there was a serious newsroom debate about whether to air this videotape. no one had ever seen anything like it but she urged us to show it in hopes others won't make the same mistake that she and her friends did. 5:58 now. the national museum of crime and punishment at gallery place has a new permanent exhibit. the display chronicles the life of the chicago serial killer john wayne gasey who killed at least 33 teenage boys and young men in the 1970's. the items including gayy's infamous clown suits, leather jacket and wallet. an exhibit focusing on two transportation disasters is now on display at the national postal museum. fire and ice looks at the behindleberg and titanic --

hindenburg and the titanic. 39 dogs seized from a puppy mill in kentucky are getting a new lease on life here. the dogs including dachshunds, miniature pinchers and ?awzers arrived at the washington national animal league yesterday. the puppy mill operator gave up more than 130 dogs after pleading guilty to animal cruelty charges. the dogs will be treated for any medical problems and the rescue league staff look to treat any socialization or psychological problems before available for adoption. >> very cute. i know you're looking for an animal. >> we are. we're debating and doing our research. >> thank you for watching 9news now at 6:00 a.m. after doing your reseven, you've turned to us. we appreciate that. i'm andrea roane. >> you made the right choice. i'm mike hydeck. here's monika